Re: [newbie] SCSI drives won't access for install

[antoine rivoire]

is  ur scsi detected during boot process?
it sould be one of the first things ihe installer looks for after keyboard 
and mouse if i can remember correctly. i know mandrake 8.0 i386 had 
issues with installing from a scsi cdrom. it might be one thing to 
investigate in the list archives..
hope it works for u, good luck



On Friday 16 November 2001 12:40 am, you wrote:
> Just burned a CD of the Mandrake 8.0 PPC .iso to put on a 300mhz
> Powermac 8600 at work. I used the BootX app, extension and kernels
> from the CD's miscellaneous folder.
>
> The install routine begins nicely, but when it asks where the install
> files are, it says it cannot find a CDROM and then gives me a whole
> long list (of ... drivers?) to try to use, with a subsequent window
> asking for parameters (I put /dev/cdrom there).
>
> I've tried the obvious entries from the list, like anything
> containing mac, mace or hfs but none works.
>
> Then I copied the CD onto an HFS drive. I tried to install off the
> drive and the installer said it couldn't find the hard drive, again
> giving me a long list of things to try. I did put /dev/sda5 in that
> parameter, the location of the HFS partition where the CD was copied.
>
> I have also checked force Scsi in BootX.
>
> Is there a way to proceed?
>
> -ms



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[newbie] SCSI drives won't access for install

[Marc Stergionis]

Just burned a CD of the Mandrake 8.0 PPC .iso to put on a 300mhz 
Powermac 8600 at work. I used the BootX app, extension and kernels 
from the CD's miscellaneous folder.

The install routine begins nicely, but when it asks where the install 
files are, it says it cannot find a CDROM and then gives me a whole 
long list (of ... drivers?) to try to use, with a subsequent window 
asking for parameters (I put /dev/cdrom there).

I've tried the obvious entries from the list, like anything 
containing mac, mace or hfs but none works.

Then I copied the CD onto an HFS drive. I tried to install off the 
drive and the installer said it couldn't find the hard drive, again 
giving me a long list of things to try. I did put /dev/sda5 in that 
parameter, the location of the HFS partition where the CD was copied.

I have also checked force Scsi in BootX.

Is there a way to proceed?

-ms
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Re: [newbie] scsi drives

[Mogens Jæger]

flupke wrote:

> On Fri, 5 May 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using
> > a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance
> > gain by doing this?
> Definitely yes. SCSI HD are no doubt faster than IDE.
>
> >  I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about
> > problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should
> > I expect things to go smoothly?
> For this point, I think you should consult the hardware-HOWTO and the
> SCSI-HOWTO, in order to be sure you take linux-friendly devices.
>
> HTH
> Flupke

Hey there
I don't know anything about problems with SCSI cards/devices. OK - I only have a
burner and two different scanners attached to my system, but they works (and
installs) without any problems.
It's right that SCSI disk's are faster than IDE's but compared to price?
But one thing is shure, your Linux will be more stable, if you have a 'pure'
SCSI-system.
Regards
Mogens Jæger

Re: [newbie] scsi drives

[Anthony Huereca]

There is quite a performance difference between SCSI and IDE drives, it's just
a matter of whether you'll be able to recognize it. If you copy lots of files
back and forth, or deal with large amounts of data flowing through everyday,
then you'll probally want SCSI. Or if you are a super power-user, and must have
the absolute best, then you'd get SCSI. But for the average Joe, the price
increase isnt' worth the performance increase for SCSI. 

And so long as your SCSI card is supported under Linux (you can check on
Mandrakes webpage) then you should do just fine. I've had no problems with my
SCSI drive. 


> Hello,
> I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using
> a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance
> gain by doing this?  I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about
> problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should
> I expect things to go smoothly?
> 
> Thanks for any advise,
> Mike
-- 
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http://m3000.1wh.com
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 

Re: [newbie] scsi drives

[flupke]

On Fri, 5 May 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using
> a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance
> gain by doing this?
Definitely yes. SCSI HD are no doubt faster than IDE.

>  I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about
> problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should
> I expect things to go smoothly?
For this point, I think you should consult the hardware-HOWTO and the
SCSI-HOWTO, in order to be sure you take linux-friendly devices.

HTH
Flupke

> 
> Thanks for any advise,
> Mike
> 
> 

[newbie] scsi drives

[Mike & Tracy Holt]

Hello,
I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using
a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance
gain by doing this?  I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about
problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or should
I expect things to go smoothly?

Thanks for any advise,
Mike